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Offline CIG

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45 bullseye red dot mount
« on: September 01, 2006, 07:30:26 AM »
If I order a Rock River wad gun in 45 ACP I have three choices of mounts.  One is a slide mount and the other two are frame mounts.  What are the pro and cons of frame versus slide mounts?  The only thing I can find is that it seems you might need more powder for slide mount loads to work the action.  Any thoughts or insights?  Thanks.

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Re: 45 bullseye red dot mount
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2006, 08:12:42 AM »
You will like the RR gun. They are a good outfit to deal with.

My bullseye guns have slide mounts because I find them simpler for disassembly and cleaning. The high masters in my area shoot slide mounts. Most bullseye shooters I see use slide mounts.

I find that it's easier to cycle the action with a gun that has a frame mount.

RR is pretty good about tuning the gun so that it will cycle with a typical ~3.9grain of bullseye powder charge. If it does need more powder than that, it will only be one or two tenths of a grain more, which has no practical effect on recoil or blast.

Talk to RR and ask them:
1) How do the cleaning and disasembly procedures differ
2) How does recoil differ? I expect the slide mount's recoil to have more duration than a frame mount gun, but I don't know for sure.

If I were buying another bullseye gun I'd probably try a frame mount because they have improved over the years. The trend by builders seems to be in that direction. Up until fairly recently I don't think RR offered a frame mount wad gun. But I really have no complaints about the slide mount. Action pistol shooters almost universally use the frame mount. Why? There must be a speed advantage of some kind. If you can get a speed advantage in a wad gun, then it may help your rapid fire scores.

Before buying, subscribe to the bullseye forum at http://www.lava.net/~perrone/bullseye/ and post your question there. You can count on a good answer from people who have used both styles extensively.



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Re: 45 bullseye red dot mount
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2006, 09:04:43 AM »
By the way, if you're in the market for a red dot sight for that 45, consider the Ultra Dot sights sold by Larry's Guns. I have them and they are excellent. I needed one repaired once and they turned it around promptly and the repair cost was low.
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Re: 45 bullseye red dot mount
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2006, 09:21:32 AM »
Quester,

I went to that link and they indeed had that question asked and answered several times.  If 90% plus of shooters use the slide mount, and it seems that good reasons were given, then that is what I will do also.

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Re: 45 bullseye red dot mount
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2006, 10:01:45 AM »
CIG:

Thanks for checking into it. What reasons are given there? My only criteria is that I looked at both. Figured the frame mount would be a hassle to keep clean and went with the slide mount.
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